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10-letter words starting with ra

  • radiologic — of or relating to radiology.
  • radiolysis — the dissociation of molecules by ionizing radiation.
  • radiolytic — the dissociation of molecules by ionizing radiation.
  • radiometer — Also called Crookes radiometer. an instrument for demonstrating the transformation of radiant energy into mechanical work, consisting of an exhausted glass vessel containing vanes that revolve about an axis when exposed to light.
  • radiopager — a small radio receiver fitted with a buzzer to alert a person to telephone their home, office, etc, to receive a message
  • radiopaque — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
  • radiophare — a radiotelegraphic station used by vessels to determine their positions; radio beacon.
  • radiophone — a radiotelephone.
  • radiophoto — an image created by radio waves rather than light
  • radioscope — an instrument, such as a fluoroscope, capable of detecting radiant energy
  • radioscopy — the examination of objects opaque to light by means of another form of radiation, usually x-rays.
  • radiosonde — an instrument that is carried aloft by a balloon to send back information on atmospheric temperature, pressure, and humidity by means of a small radio transmitter.
  • radiotoxic — causing radiation sickness.
  • radius rod — (in a feathering paddle wheel) any of the rods, meeting in a hub mounted eccentrically with the paddle-wheel shaft, for feathering the paddles while in the water.
  • raduliform — rasp-like
  • rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
  • rafsanjani — Hojatolislam Ali Akbar Hashemi, born 1935, president of Iran 1989–97.
  • ragamuffin — a ragged, disreputable person; tatterdemalion.
  • ragmatical — wild, rowdy, riotous
  • rail fence — a fence made of rails resting on crossed stakes or across one another at an angle.
  • railroaded — a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail.
  • railroader — a person employed in the operation or management of a railroad.
  • railwayman — male railway worker
  • rain check — a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
  • rain cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
  • rain dance — (especially among American Indians) a ritualistic dance performed to bring rain.
  • rain gauge — an instrument for measuring rainfall.
  • rain-cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
  • rain-swept — A rain-swept place is a place where it is raining heavily.
  • rained off — cancelled or postponed on account of rain
  • rainforest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
  • rainsquall — squall1 (def 1).
  • raise cain — the first son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel. Gen. 4.
  • raise hell — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
  • raised bog — a bog of convex shape produced by growth of sphagnum and other bog plants in acid conditions and the subsequent build up of acid peat
  • raisonneur — a character in a play, novel, or the like who voices the central theme, philosophy, or point of view of the work.
  • rajasthani — an Indic language, the vernacular of Rajasthan.
  • rajpramukh — (in India) the title given to a governor or raja of a state between 1948 and 1956
  • rake angle — The rake angle is the angle of the surface of a cutting tool tip over which the removed chips flow.
  • rallycross — a form of motor sport in which cars race over a one-mile circuit of rough grass with some hard-surfaced sections
  • rallyingly — in a manner that rallies or is intended to rally
  • ralph cram — Ralph Adams, 1863–1942, U.S. architect and writer.
  • ramblingly — in a rambling manner
  • ramboesque — looking or behaving like, or characteristic of, Rambo, a fictional film character noted for his mindless brutality
  • rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
  • rampallian — a scoundrel, wretch, rascal
  • rampasture — a large attic room.
  • ramses iii — 1198–1167 b.c, king of ancient Egypt.
  • ramshackle — dilapidated, run down
  • ranch hand — an employee on a ranch
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